#Americans #Blacks
I’m all alone in this world, she s… Ain’t got nobody to share my bed, Ain’t got nobody to hold my hand— The truth of the matter’s I ain’t got no man.
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
In the Quarter of the Negroes Where the doors are doors of paper Dust of dingy atoms Blows a scratchy sound. Amorphous jack—o’—Lanterns caper
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are w… Her bandage hides two festering so… That once perhaps were eyes.
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
I am your son, white man! Georgia dusk And the turpentine woods. One of the pillars of the temple f… You are my son!
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow… I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other ni… By the pale dull pallor of an old…
I take my dreams and make of them… and a round fountain with a beauti… And a song with a broken heart and… Do you understand my dreams? Sometimes you say you do,
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise
Where is the Jim Crow section On this merry—go—round, Mister, cause I want to ride? Down South where I come from White and colored
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
Love Is a ripe plum Growing on a purple tree. Taste it once And the spell of its enchantment
Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie—woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely:
